Winter Storm Q: Next Stop Northeast!!!

Another possible Nor'easter....................THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERNCONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A STRENGTHENING COASTAL LOW IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREASATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY WITH WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANTPRECIPITATION. RIGHT NOW...THE PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO BEMAINLY RAIN AT THE COAST AND A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...ANDFREEZING RAIN INLAND. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR SIGNIFICANTSNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS FAR INTERIOR ZONES.

THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR THIS EVENT THOUGHAND VARIATIONS IN TRACK AND MAGNITUDE AS WELL AS TIMING WILL LEADTO CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND TYPE. MONITOR THE LATESTNWS FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.

THERE IS HIGH PROBABILITY FOR A STRONG COASTAL STORM TO IMPACTSOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. A LOT OFUNCERTAINTY REMAINS GIVEN THAT THE STORM IS STILL NEARLY 3 DAYSIN THE FUTURE...SO EXACT PTYPES/SNOWFALL AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN.

THE STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW TO THEREGION. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS WILL BE NORTH OFTHE MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE AND AWAY FROM THE COAST. HOWEVER...THETHREAT FOR A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THEREGION. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS ANDPOWER OUTAGES WHERE HEAVY WET SNOW OCCURS.

STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST MAY ALSO REQUIRE THE NEED FOR SOMEWIND HEADLINES.

FINALLY...COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION ARE POSSIBLE ALONGTHE EASTERN MA COASTLINE WITH THE HIGHEST RISK DURING THE SUNDAYMORNING HIGH TIDE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHERCONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The largest snowstorm of the winter for the Midwest drought region is winding up, and promises to bring more than a foot of snow to portions of Kansas and Nebraska. Rain and snow from the storm--dubbed Winter Storm "Q"--will put a noticeable dent in the Great Drought of 2012 - 2013 over the Midwest. A second storm due to move through the region on Monday will provide a bit of additional help. The twin storms promise to drop more than an inch of rain (or liquid equivalent rain, for regions like Kansas and Nebraska getting heavy snow.) Many areas of the drought region should enjoy their their wettest day in months on Thursday. The core drought region in the Midwest needs 3 - 9 inches of precipitation to end the drought, so the 1" of precipitation expected from the two storms will merely dent the drought, not end it. Still, the economic value of the rain and snow from the two storms is in the billions of dollars. In addition, runoff from the storms will insure that barge traffic on the Mississippi River will be able to operate well into summer. The Mississippi River at St. Louis is currently about 7' above the lowest water level on record, up over six feet from the near record-low levels of early January. [link to www.wunderground.com]

here's the total snow through 78 hours, it actually gives me more like 20-22" with some jackpot 30" amounts further north and west. The NAM loves to overdo QPF though, so these are likely well overdone: [link to i.imgur.com]

Torchia was born in 1620. He was apprenticed in Leyden under the Elzevir family. After returning to Venice he published small works on philosophical and esoteric themes. In 1666, Torchia published De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis (The Nine Doors to the Kingdom of Shadows), which was in turn based on the Delomelanicon, or Invocation of Darkness, a work supposedly written by Lucifer and that would allow the reader to summon devils. The Inquisition condemned Torchia for magic and witchcraft and burned him at the stake in 1667.